“In 2019, facing state efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, Shaheen vowed to fight the abortion restrictions with everything she and her colleagues had.”
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All three cited sources are reachable and support the FULL rating for this effort-based vow. (1) The Senate roll call vote_117_2_00065 confirms Feb 28, 2022, H.R. 3755 Women's Health Protection Act of 2021, cloture on the motion to proceed, rejected 46-48, with "Shaheen (D-NH), Yea" present verbatim. (2) The Shaheen Senate press release (June 9, 2021) confirms she and Hassan joined in introducing the WHPA and contains the cited quote "I always will defend a woman's right to choose against these outrageous attempts to strip women of their constitutional rights." verbatim. (3) The democrats.senate.gov page (May 11, 2022) confirms S.4132 WHPA cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked, 49-51 — matching the cited tally (this page shows only the aggregate, not Shaheen's individual vote, but the cited quote claims only the result). The promise is a pledge to fight abortion restrictions, and the primary sources document sustained follow-through — cosponsorship/introduction, public advocacy, and a recorded Yea vote to advance the bill — with failure attributable to the Senate's 60-vote cloture threshold rather than any lapse in her own effort. FULL is appropriately calibrated (below the stronger CHAMPIONED) for an active cosponsor and reliable supporter rather than the lead author. No source is unreachable, no quote is fabricated, and the outcome does not overstate the evidence.
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